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How to Share Vine Videos on Tumblr

When Twitter launched Vine Thursday it omitted one important social network from its sharing options: Tumblr. Looped GIF images are extremely popular on Tumblr, so the audience there for Vine videos is potentially huge.

Just because there’s no native way to share Vines on Tumblr, doesn’t mean you can’t share your creations on the site. Here are few different ways you can include Vine videos in your Tumblr posts:

Upload Directly To Tumblr

If you want to share your Vine on Tumblr, one of the easiest ways is to just upload it directly to your Tumblr from your iOS device using Tumblr's app.

Every Vine you create is automatically saved to the camera roll on your device. To upload to Tumblr:

Select the Vine you’d like to upload from the video clips stored on your phone

Vine videos shared this way will just play through once rather than loop. To get that looped effect, you can import the video clip into your favorite mobile video editor (Splice is a good example, but there are many others) and copy it several times, laying the copies down on the timeline, one after another. Once you’ve reached your desired length, export the video and upload it just as you would a traditional video through Tumblr.

If you don’t want to share all your Vines through your own Twitter stream but want the ability to embed them, consider creating a Twitter account just for your Vines. Once you tweet them, you’ll be able to copy/paste tweets or links to your Vine from your special account to your main account fairly easily, and you won't pollute your traditional Twitter stream.

The file can also be downloaded onto your computer and uploaded to Tumblr (or other sites) any way you’d like.

Have you tried sharing Vine videos on Tumblr, or another site? Let us know your own tips and tricks for sharing the video clips in the comments.

How To Use Vine

Sign In

You can sign into Vine using your Twitter account or email address.

Allow Access

If you choose to sign in via Twitter, you'll be prompted to give the app access to your Twitter account.

Sign Up

Vine will pull in your name, profile picture, and bio from Twitter to create your profile. You can edit that information if you'd like your Vine profile to be a little different than your profile on Twitter.

Mirroring Twitter

When linked, your profile on Vine includes the same information as your profile on Twitter.

Get a Walk-Through

On screen prompts will walk you through the process of creating your first Vine.

Pick and Choose

The green bar at the top of the screen shows you how much of the 6-second time allotment you've already used up.

Share the Experience

Once you're done shooting a video you're prompted to add a caption or location information to the video, as well as specify where you'd like to share it.

View Your Timeline

Finished Vines show up on a timeline, similar to Instagram's interface.

Check it Out

You can browse through Editor's Picks, Vines that are popular now, and all Vines on the service.

Explore

Vines can be explored by topic. So you can check out Vines from NYC, Sports, or even Pet videos.

Autoplay

Videos on the timeline autoplay when they're displayed on your screen.

Add Your Friends

Just because you're following someone on Twitter doesn't mean you'll automatically be following them on Vine. The service works independently of Twitter, so you'll have to follow (and be followed by) everyone again. The service will, however, pull in a list of your Twitter or Facebook friends on Vine to make that process a little easier.

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